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#JusticeForToyin: Black Lives Matter protester Toyin Salau murdered
A 19-year-old Black Lives Matter protester Oluwatoyin Salau has been found dead days after tweeting that a man who offered her a ride to church had molested her.
Toyin Salau, a Nigerian-American was last seen in Tallahassee, Florida, on June 6, reported USA Today citing the Tallahassee Police Department.
In a thread on Twitter, she said the person molested her. “He came disguised as a man of God and ended up picking me up from nearby Saxon Street.
“I entered his truck only because I carry anything to defend myself not even a phone (which is currently at the church) and I have poor vision. I trusted the holy spirit to keep me safe,” Toyin Salau wrote on Twitter.
But on Monday, various Twitter users were reporting that her body had been found using the trending hashtag #JusticeForToyin.
At the time of publication, Tallahassee Police Department had yet to publish confirmation of her death.
Toyin Salau missing after she was raped
“The Tallahassee Police Department’s Special Victims Unit is seeking information on the location of Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau,” said a post from the department at the time. “Salau was last seen on June 6, 2020, in the area of Orange Avenue and Wahnish Way in Tallahasssee. She may be in the area of Jakes and Patterson Street. There is no known clothing description for Salau at this time.”
On the day of her disappearance, Salau had tweeted that she had been molested by a man who had offered to take her to a place to sleep.
“Anyways I was molested in Tallahassee, Florida by a black man this morning at 5:30 on Richview and Park Ave. The man offered to give me a ride to find someplace to sleep and recollect my belongings from a church I refuged to a couple days back to escape unjust living conditions,” Salau tweeted on June 6.
She went on to desribe her attack in a Twitter thread.
One of the tweets read: “All of my belongings my phone my clothes shoes are all assumably at the church where I’ve been trying to track since I sought spiritual guidance/ refuge. I will not be silent.”
Anyways I was molested in Tallahassee, Florida by a black man this morning at 5:30 on Richview and Park Ave. The man offered to give me a ride to find someplace to sleep and recollect my belongings from a church I refuged to a couple days back to escape unjust living conditions.
— Oluwatoyin (@virgingrltoyin) June 6, 2020
Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau
Rest in Power Angel 💔 #JusticeForToyin after tweeting about her sexual assault she went missing for several days and her body was recently found. She was only 19. pic.twitter.com/4uAlVsAVHK— Shari ✨ (@shariauna_) June 15, 2020
